We’re joined by Monocle’s Middle East correspondent, Leila Molana-Allen, to discuss the shocking hostage revelation in Israel and unpack Arab leaders’ alternative plan for Gaza. Also in the programme: former German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer on Germany’s responsibility for Europe’s defence. Then: as the James Bond franchise is sold to Amazon, we discuss the character’s future as a soft-power figure. Plus: Andrew Mueller’s ‘What We Learned’.

Is the Geordie Howe International Bridge a symbol of all that’s going wrong between the US and Canada?
31:11

Press freedoms in Afghanistan on the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover
35:46

What’s in a university ranking? How the US and UK still dominate
38:40